Set a specific AD attribute with PowerShell
So here is an example you want to set all the users in the OU called “Users” to have the extensionAttribute10 with the value “student” to do this you can run the below script:
More...Exchange 2013 Message Tracking Logs
In Exchange 2013 the message tracking log viewer has gone, you need to view the tracking logs from PowerShell. Here’s a basic command to make that happen: Okay this shows you the logs from a particular sender to a particular recipient and shows it in the GridView, this is a nice GUI type view with […]
More...Dealing with “Suspect Tapes” in Microsoft DPM 2012 R2
Sometimes a tape will be marked as suspect, seemingly for no reason. To resolve this you need to do the follow these instructions to first identify the MediaID of the suspect tape against its Barcode. Then mark it as normal (i.e. not suspect). Ensure there is a backup of the SQL database for DPM. In […]
More...Dealing with “Suspect Tapes” in Microsoft DPM 2012 R2
Sometimes a tape will be marked as suspect, seemingly for no reason. To resolve this you need to do the follow these instructions to first identify the MediaID of the suspect tape against its Barcode. Then mark it as normal (i.e. not suspect). Remember great care should be taken when editing the Microsoft DPM database, […]
More...After Exchange 2013 Migration, old 2010 server is still listed as “provisioned server”
After a successful Exchange 2013 migration, the old exchange 2010 object was left behind. When opening Exchange 2013 EAC under the “Servers” option, “Servers” tab, you can see it listed as a “provisioned server”. For some reason this is not removed from AD automatically when Exchange 2010 is uninstalled from the server, so you need […]
More...Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS – SNMPD Configuration with Baracuda Load Balancer
We have some Linux web servers that we use for Moodle they are setup behind a Barracuda Load Balancer that then distributes the load based on how busy each of the web servers are. Essentially the more busy the server the less clients it is given to process. The barracuda load balancer uses an SNMP […]
More...Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 Migration – Outlook Anywhere Clients Username/Password Prompt Appears
I’m in the middle of a migration from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 at the moment. All was going well until I repointed the DNS records to the Exchange 2013 CAS servers. In Exchange 2013 all client connectivity is now made using RPC over HTTPS (a.k.a Outlook Anywhere) unlike Exchange 2010 where only external clients […]
More...Disable IPv6 Auto-Configuration Address
IPv6 is autoconfiguring, that’s great for worksations and mobile devices, but for servers you want some control. Yes you can hard code a static IPv6 address, but it will also show an autoconfiguration address too. You can disable the RA’s from the router, but in some cases you might not want to do this. So […]
More...Moodle 2.5 Error: “Cannot find data record in database table course_module”
You get this error when opening a course, in this case we were using course 33. When entering the course, you get this error message: “Cannot find data record in database table course_module” http://moodle.domain/course/view.php?id=33 SOLUTION: Open MySQL Workbench on the server and then run this query: Then you should see the course record in the […]
More...Poor Performance on Windows 2008, 2008 R2 or 2012 on VMware 5.5
Okay so we’ve had VMware since version 3.5, and have upgraded through 4, 4.1 and then a big leap to 5.5 just recently. We started getting some really big issues with performance on some of the VMs, but it was not what I first expected! PROBLEM We had a web and SQL application server (Virtual […]
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